Examples Of Chivalry In A Knight's Tale

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In the movie A Knight’s Tale the two main knights were William Thatcher and Count Adhemar. They both showed chivalry and courtly love, but not correctly. More of chivalry was followed more and the right way. The movie is very loosely based on Geoffrey Chaucer’s book Canterbury Tales. His father always wanted him the change his stars so he would not live in poor life forever. Even though both knights were good, William was better because he followed chivalry, courtly love, and prowess in battle.
William was a better example of chivalry than Count Adhemar because he followed the code more closely. A true knight should face every battle evenly. This means if one is off their horse, then the opponent should get off as well. This one was broken by Adhemar when he had William locked in the dungeon. Also, protecting the weak was an important code. William protected them better by taking them in and helping them because he had been there and knew what it was …show more content…

This means not turning his head away from blow with lance but watch the strike of the lance. William would also give the opponent the respect they deserve. For example, when he found out it was Prince Edward, he did not back down from a fight and later Edward saved him by crowning him as a knight. Although before he figured out he withdrew because he was already injured and respected him. He followed this, but Adhemar did not follow this code. As he went back at William once he hit him with the tipped lance. Which William won by knocking him off his horse.
William showed more knightly characteristics in the movie A Knight’s Tale because he followed chivalry, courtly love, and showed prowess in battle. He would set in his head what he wanted to happen and would make it work. As his father always said “Go William and change your stars.” William showed chivalry and knights code the best against Count Adhemar even though not all things were done

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